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34 Best Plant nursery Rhymes for Kids (Lyrics and Activities)

Nursery Rhymes for kids lay the foundation to early language and reading skills. Children who are ofttimes read and sang to early on, are much more than likely to develop strong reading skills.

After using poems to teach kids how to read over the past 17 years, I have found nursery rhymes to be the most effective tool. I'thou so excited to share this list of the plant nursery rhymes for kids with you. They will build vocabulary, fluency, expressive and receptive language, rhyming skills, and aggrandize the kids' imagination.

Nursery Rhymes for Kids

In this blog postal service, you will find the some of the best nursery rhymes lyrics and suggested activities. Before y'all begin, click the social media buttons higher up to relieve this post to your favorite platform.  Get your Gratis poetry guide with checklists, activities, and printables.

ane. A Tisket, A Tasket Lyrics

A Tisket, a tasket, a green and yellow basket.

I wrote a alphabetic character to my friend, and on the manner I dropped it.

I dropped it, I dropped it,

and on the way I dropped it.

The little male child, he picked it up,

and put it in his pocket.

A Tisket, A Tasket Suggested Activities:

  • A Tisket, A Tasket Build a Poem activity for in the classroom or at home.
  • Have the kiddos write or draw a letter to a friend, then act out the poem.

a tisket a tasket nursery rhyme printable

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2. Baa, Baa, Black Sheep Lyrics

Baa, baa, black sheep

Take yous any wool?

Yes sir, yep sir

3 bags total.

Ane for my primary

And one for the dame

1 for the fiddling male child

Who lives downward the lane.

Baa, Baa, Black Sheep Suggested Activities

  • Colour a sheep template black, and then apply cotton assurance to comprise a sensory craft
  • Approximate how many cotton fiber balls it volition take to make full iii tiffin bags
  • Baa, Baa Black Sheep Build a Verse form

Baa Baa Black Sheep Nursery Rhyme

Go this printable poem HERE or on TPT

3. Hey Diddle Diddle Lyrics

Hey diddle, diddle,

the cat and the fiddle.

The cow jumped over the moon.

The little dog laughed to see such sport,

and the dish ran away with the spoon.

Nursery rhymes songs Hey Diddle Diddle

Go "Hey Diddle Diddle", HERE or on TPT

Hey Diddle, Diddle Suggested Activities

  • Introduce a fiddle, and let the kids have turns acting out the cat's role
  • Paint a picture show of a cow jumping over the moon.
  • Have a jumping contest
  • Do a sight give-and-take chase using the printable Hey Diddle Diddle Verse form.
  • Hey Diddle Diddle Build a Poem

4. Hickory Dickory Dock Lyrics

Hickory dickory dock, the mouse ran upwardly the clock.

The clock struck one, the mouse ran down.

Hickory dickory dock.

Hickory dickory dock, the mouse ran upwards the clock.

The clock struck two, the mouse said "BOO!"

Hickory dickory dock.

Hickory dickory dock, the mouse ran upwardly the clock.

The clock struck three, the mouse said "WHEE!"

Hickory dickory dock.

Hickory dickory dock, the mouse ran up the clock.

The clock struck four, the mouse said "No more!"

Hickory dickory dock.

Hickory Dickory Dock Suggested Activities:

  • Utilize with a Teaching Time kit to integrate lessons about clocks and time.
  • Talk well-nigh and act out position words: up, down, etc.
  • Come upwardly with a list of rhyming words for mouse.
  • Hickory Dickory Dock Build a Verse form

hickory dickory dock nursery rhymes

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five. Humpty Dumpty Lyrics

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.

Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.

All the Kings horses, and all the male monarch's men,

couldn't put Humpty together over again.

Humpty Dumpty Suggested Activities

  • Catch your FREE Humpty Dumpty Printable and Build a Verse form when yous sign upwards to my Little Learning Corner Newsletter, HERE.

six. I'm a Footling Teapot Lyrics

I'chiliad a little teapot short and stout.

Hither is my handle, here is my spout.

When I get all steamed up, hear my shout.

Just tip me over, and pour me out!

I'm a Petty Teapot Suggested Activities:

  • Have a tea party using a kids Tea prepare
  • Integrate lessons on measurement. Compare compacity and weight of a teapot verves a teacup

im-a-little-teapot

This printable poem is exclusive to the Verse form of the Day Bundle, HERE or on TPT.

seven. It'southward Raining, Information technology'southward Pouring Lyrics

It's raining, information technology's pouring.

The old man is snoring.

Went to bed, and bumped his caput

and couldn't get up in the morning.

It's Raining, It's Pouring Suggested Activities:

  • Human activity out the verse form (the kids love existence the old man who snores
  • Integrate a lesson on atmospheric condition
  • It's Raining, It's Pouring Build a Poem

It's Raining, It's Pouring Nursery Rhyme

Go this printable verse form HERE or on TPT

8. Itsy Bitsy Spider Lyrics

The itsy bitsy spider went up the water spout.

Down came the rain, and washed the spider out.

Out came the sun, and stale up all the rain.

And the itsy bitsy spider went upwardly the spout once again.

Itsy Bitsy Spider Suggested Activities:

  • Integrate Spider Facts for Kids sentence building activities.
  • Utilise mitt movements to reinforce the poem or vocal.
  • Focus on positional words
  • Brand a newspaper plate spider arts and crafts
  • Add the Itsy Bitsy Spider printable verse form to the kids' verse notebook
  • Itsy Bitsy Spider Build a Poem

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9. Jack and Jill Lyrics

Jack and Jill went up the hill

to fetch a pail of water.

Jack fell down, and broke his crown,

and Jill came tumbling later on.

Jack and Jill Suggested Activities:

  • Get a class set of plastic pails, and let the kids act out this popular nursery rhyme for kids.
  • Jack and Jill poetry parcel
  • Jack and Jill Build a Poem

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Get this printable verse form Here or on TPT

ten. Jack Be Nimble Lyrics

Jack be nimble, Jack be quick.

Jack jump over the candlestick.

Jack jumped loftier. Jack jumped depression.

Jack jumped over, and burned his toe!

Jack Be Nimble (Nursery Rhyme for Kids) Suggested Activities:

  • Get a cheap candlestick mold and candle making kit to brand candles with your kids. (This is groovy to do with a parent volunteer)
  • Let the kids practice jumping over a candlestick while reciting the nursery rhymes for kids.
  • Jack Exist Nimble Build a Poem – replace the Jack carte with the students names to personalize this fun nursery rhyme for kids (see video above)

jack be nimble

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11. Little Bo Peep Lyrics

This traditional nursery rhyme is i I like to include in my farm themed lesson plans. For instance, the introduction of sheep allows for the talk of other farm animals. It's nifty a span into more mother goose nursery rhymes naturally occurs. For example, you lot tin can then teach more English nursery rhymes such as "This Little Piggy", "Five Lilliputian Ducks", "Three Piffling Pigs", "Five Petty Speckled Frogs", "Onetime MacDonald", and more popular rhymes.

Little Bo Peep Nursery Rhyme

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Little Bo Peep lost her sheep,

and doesn't know where to find them.

Leave them alone, and they'll come home,

bringing their tails behind them.

Footling Bo Peep Suggested Activities:

  • Catch this gear up of three Sheep stuffed animals to let the kids act out the nursery rhyme for preschool, kindergarten, or first grade.
  • Little Bo Peep Build a Poem

12. Little Boy Blueish Lyrics

Fiddling Boy Blue come up accident your horn.

The sheep's in the meadow, the cow'south in the corn.

Only where'due south the boy who looks later the sheep?

He's nether a haystack fast asleep.

Will you wake him? No – not I.

For if I do, he's certain to cry.

Little Boy Blue Suggested Activities:

  • This a dandy nursery rhyme for kids to incorporate your favorite farm animal lessons.
  • Set up a farm pretend area
  • Little Boy Bluish Build a Verse form

little boy blue nursery rhyme

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thirteen. Little Miss Muffet Lyrics

Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet,

eating her curdy and whey.

Forth came a spider who sat down beside her,

and frightened Miss Muffet away.

Little Miss Muffet Suggested Activities:

  • Practice a nursery rhyme for kids comparing with Lilliputian Miss Muffet and Itsy Bitsy Spider
  • Introduce vocabulary, such equally tuffet, curds and whey, and frightened.
  • Bandy out frightened for another word to draw emotions and act them all out.
  • Little Miss Muffet Build a Poem

little miss muffet nursery rhyme

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14. Mary Had a Piffling Lamb Lyrics

Mary had a picayune lamb,

it'due south fleece was white as snow.

And everywhere that Mary went,

the lamb was sure to get.

Information technology followed her to school one day

and broke the teacher's rule

And what a time did they take

that mean solar day at school.

Mary Had a Little Lamb

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Mary Had a Footling Lamb Suggested Activities:

  • Swap out the proper name "Mary" for the kids' names. Information technology's a corking way to personalize plant nursery rhymes for preschoolers.
  • Send home a little lamb stuffed animate being with the kids and accept them recite the poem to their family. Rotate through all of the kids.
  • Mary Had a Little Lamb Build a Verse form

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15. One, 2, Buckle My Shoe Lyrics

One, two, buckle my shoe.

Three, 4, close the door.

Five, six, choice up sticks.

Seven, eight, lay them straight.

Nine, 10, a big fat hen.

One two buckle my shoe

Get this printable poem HERE or on TPT

One Two Buckle My Shoe Suggested Activities:

  • Work on number word recognition – highlighting the number words in the printable poem.
  • Place the rhyming patterns throughout the nursery rhyme for kids.
  • Act out the verse form
  • Try to come with new lyrics
  • One Ii Buckle My Shoe Build a Poem

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16. Polly Put the Kettle On Lyrics

Polly put the kettle on.

Polly put the kettle on.

Polly put the kettle on.

We'll all accept tea.

Sukey, take it off again.

Sukey, take information technology off again.

Sukey, have it off over again.

They've all gone abroad.

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Polly Put the Kettle On Suggested Activities:

  • Exercise a compare and dissimilarity with "I'm a Niggling Teapot"
  • Prepare up a kitchen expanse with a toy kettle
  • Permit the kids part play every bit Polly and Sukey
  • Polly Put the Kettle On Build a Poem

17. Rain, Rain Go Away Lyrics

Rain, rain, go abroad.

Come up again some other solar day.

Little Johnny wants to play.

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Rain Pelting Go Away Suggested Activities:

  • Integrate with your lessons about atmospheric condition.
  • Replace "Johnny" with your kid's name.
  • Rain Rain Go Away Build a Poem

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xviii. Row, Row, Row your Boat Lyrics

Row, row, row your gunkhole

gently downward the stream.

Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,

life if simply a dream.

Row, Row, Row Your Boat Suggested Activities:

  • Sink or float activities
  • Water table
  • Row Row Row Your Boat Build a Poem

row your boat printable nursery rhymes

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nineteen. Star Light, Star Bright Lyrics

Star low-cal, star brilliant,

First star I see tonight;

I wish I may, I wish I might,

Have the wish I wish tonight.

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Star Light, Star Brilliant Suggested Activities:

  • Get a telescope for kids and let them look at the stars
  • Integrate this nursery rhyme for kids with your lessons well-nigh shapes. Making Words Shapes and Write the Room Shapes are two popular activities.
  • Star Light Star Bright Build a Poem

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20.  The Wheels on the Bus Lyrics

The wheels on the bus go round and round,

round and circular, round and round.

The wheels on the bus go circular and round

all through the boondocks.

The Wheels on the Bus Suggested Activities:

  • Sing with hand motions
  • Each kid and be a part of, or people on, the bus (wheels, wipers, babies, mommy, etc) and deed out their part.
  • The Wheels on the Bus verse packet

the wheels on the bus printable poem

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Some may debate that The Wheels on the Bus is an American Folk vocal, while others merits it to be a classic Mother Goose vocal for kids. Either mode, it was published in 1939, and remains a popular song for kids of all ages.

This plant nursery rhyme for kids has variations, irresolute "wheels" to wipers, kids, babies, omnibus driver, mommies, daddies, and horn – to proper name a few 🙂 Each variation has a unlike hand movement or sound effect, making this a very engaging and interactive song for kids.

21.  There Was An Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe Lyrics

This fun, classic nursery rhyme, inspires young children to utilise their imagination. The kids say this is a funny nursery rhyme considering how tin can an old lady actually live in a shoe. They inquire questions such as "how many little boys live in the shoe?", and "Is there a picayune girl?" While you may want to work on more thorough reading comprehension questions, and focus on learning new words, this is a fun poem for kids of all ages.

There was an old woman who lived in a shoe.

She had and so many children, she didn't know what to practise.

She gave them some broth without whatsoever bread.

Then, whipped them all soundly, and put them to bed.

There Was an One-time Adult female Who Lived in a Shoe Suggested Activities:

  • Complimentary coloring folio of There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe
  • Practice tying shoes with kids
  • There Was an One-time Adult female Who Lived in a Shoe Build a Poem

There was an old woman who lived in a shoe

Go this printable verse form HERE or on TPT

22. Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Lyrics

Twinkle twinkle piffling star,

how I wonder what yous are.

Up above the world and so loftier,

like a diamond in the heaven.

Twinkle twinkle little star,

how I wonder what yous are.

Twinkle Twinkle Picayune Star Suggested Activities:

  • Put up glow in the dark stars throughout the room
  • Work on shape identification: Making Words Shapes and Write the Room shapes are two great resources to learn shapes.
  • Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Build a Poem

twinkle twinkle little star printable nursery rhyme

Go this printable poem HERE or on TPT

23. Wee Willie Winkie Lyrics (Nursery Rhymes for Kids)

Wee Willie Winkie runs through the town,

Upstairs and downstairs, in his nightgown;

Rapping at the window, crying through the lock,

"Are the children in their beds?

Now information technology'due south eight o'clock.

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Wee Willie Winkie Suggested Activities

  • Take a pajama twenty-four hours with the kids.
  • Integrate learning to tell fourth dimension.
  • Have the kids graph when their nap fourth dimension is.
  • Wee Willie Winkie Build a Poem

wee-willie-winkie-build-a-poem-pocket-chart

24. A Wise Old Owl Lyrics

A wise onetime owl sat in an oak.

The more he heard,

the less he spoke.

The less he spoke,

the more he heard.

Why aren't we all similar

that wise old bird?

A Wise Former Owl Suggested Activities

  • A Wise Old Owl Build A Verse form
  • Brand a cute ready of Owl Eyes equally a STEM project
  • Foam Owl Fine art Crafts

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25. Hot Cross Buns Lyrics

Hot cross buns,

Hot cross buns,

One a penny, two a penny,

Hot cross buns

If your daughters

Don't like them,

Requite them to your sons.

Hot cross buns.

Hot Cantankerous Buns Suggested Activities

  • Hot cross bun taste testing and graph
  • Brand fresh buns with the kids.
  • Play a money game from Learning Resources
  • Hot Cantankerous Buns Build a Verse form

hot-cross-buns-nursery-rhyme-preview

26. One, 2, Three, Four, Five (Once I caught a fish alive) Lyrics

Ane, ii, three, four, five.

Once I defenseless a fish live.

Half-dozen, 7, eight, nine, 10,

then I let it go once again.

Why did you let it go?

Because he bit my finger then.

Which finger did he bite?

This pinkie on the right.

One, 2, 3, Four, Five Suggested Activities | Nursery Rhymes for Kids

  • Go fishing for sight words! Put a small magnetic dot on the back of sight word cards, adhere a newspaper prune to a string on the stop of dow rod, and fish for sight words.
  • Ane, Two, Iii, 4, Five Build a Verse form

once i caught a fish alive

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27. Little Jack Horner Lyrics

Little Jack Horner

saturday in a corner

eating a Christmas pie.

He put in his thumb

and pulled out a plumb

and said, "What a skillful boy and I?"

little-jack-horner-nursery-rhyme-preview

Lilliputian Jack Horner Suggested Activities

  • Pie tasting and graphing your favorite pie
  • Plumb tasting
  • Little Jack Horner Build a Verse form

little-jack-horner-build-a-poem-pocket-chart

28. Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary Lyrics

Mary, Mary, quite contrary,

How does your garden abound?

With silver bells

and cockle shells,

and pretty maids all in a row.

Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary Suggested Activities

  • Kids Plant and Bloom Growing Kit
  • Brand paper flower patterns
  • Intro to flower facts for kids
  • Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary Build a Poem

mary-mary-quite-contrary-build-a-poem-pocket-chart

29. Old Mother Hubbard Lyrics

Old Female parent Hubbard

went to the closet

to become her poor dog a bone.

But when she got in that location,

the cupboards were bare,

then the poor domestic dog had none.

old-mother-hubbard-nursery-rhyme-preview

One-time Mother Hubbard Suggested Activities

  • Fun printable and digital pet activities
  • Sew together your own pet craft for kids
  • Erstwhile Mother Hubbard Build a Poem

old-mother-hubbard-build-a-poem-pocket-chart

30. Pat a Cake Lyrics

Pat a block, pat a cake bakers human.

Broil me a block as fast every bit you can.

Whorl it and pat it and mark it with a B.

But it in the oven for baby and me.

Pat a Cake Suggested Activities

  • Integrate your lesson near customs helpers
  • Fix up a bakery apparel-up area with a cake pretend playset.
  • This is the perfect song to integrate hand movements and support kinesthetic learners.
  • Pat a Block Build a Poem

pat a cake nursery rhyme

Become this printable verse form HERE or on TPT

31. Pease Porridge Hot Lyrics

Pease porridge hot,

Pease porridge common cold.

Pease porridge in the pot

nine days former.

Some similar it hot.

Some like it cold,

Some like information technology in the pot

nine days erstwhile.

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Pease Porridge Hot Suggested Activities

  • Practise a plant nursery rhyme for kids comparison with Little Miss Muffet, and with the fable, Goldilocks and the Three Bears
  • Pease Porridge Hot Build a Poem

pease-porridge-hot-build-a-poem-pocket-chart

32. Roses are Red Lyrics

Roses are red.

Violets are bluish.

Sugar is sweet

and and then are you lot.

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Roses are Red Suggested Activities

  • Do a nature walk and collect wild flowers, then sort them past color or type
  • Establish roses
  • Roses are Cherry Build a Verse form

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33. Three Blind Mice Lyrics

Three blind mice,

iii blind mice,

See how they run,

see how they run.

They all ran after the farmer's wife

who cut off their tails with a carving knife.

Did yous ever encounter such

a sight in your life,

as three blind mice?

Three Blind Mice Suggested Activities

  • Blindfold three students, and have them run a short distance (if at that place is an open up, safe, surface area)
  • Integrate 5 Senses activities
  • Three Bullheaded Mice Build a Verse form

Three blind mice

Get this printable poem HERE or on TPT

34. Three Fiddling Kittens Lyrics

Iii little kittens,

they lost their mittens,

and they began to cry.

"Oh, mother dearest,"

nosotros sadly fright,

that nosotros have lost our mittens.

Three Little Kittens Suggested Activities

  • Incorporate a pretend pet area in the classroom to support these traditional rhymes.
  • Read "The Mitten" past Jan Brett
  • Do a poem comparison with Iii Bullheaded Mice
  • Iii Little Kittens Build a Poem

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